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Nature Nuggets

Allegedly Studios

Take a deep dive into the more than human world with the voice of Laurel Sutherlin, local to Hudson Valley. Feel yourself relax as you sink into the knowing of our little corner of the living, breathing world around us. A break of the noise and stress of the news, gain a deep love and appreciation for the natural world sustaining everything around you. Laurel, as a birder and naturalist, shares his compelling passion for forests, mountains, rivers and all the fascinating creatures that call them

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Environmental Editing with Kate Rose Weiner

Nature Nuggets ·

2025/02/15

This week Chris has Kate Rose Weiner in to talk about her work with Loam, the publishing branch of the Weaving Earth Center for Relational Education. Among other topics, we discuss the mostly invisible, unsung, heart work that is editing, taking authentic joy in our naturalist passions, the reasons behind Loam's decision to divest from social media, and the challenges of doing the deep, slow work of storytelling about disaster resiliency when the pace of

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Ecotypic Seeds and Ecological Restoration with Sefra...

Nature Nuggets ·

2025/02/08

Chris sits down with Sefra Alexandra, aka the Seed Huntress, for a lively conversation about seed conservation. We talk about seed saving from the small community to global levels, from local seed libraries to the Global Seed Vault. Sefra helps demystify a lot of seed terminology, and explains how planting truly native plant ecotypes suited to our region supports pollinators and other wildlife, and makes a world of difference in the work of ecological

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John Burroughs Natural History Society w/ Mark DeDea

Nature Nuggets ·

2025/02/01

Chris Baker fills in for Laurel this week talking with Mark DeDea, longtime President of the John Burroughs Natural History Society and caretaker of the Forsyth Nature Center. Our conversation ranges from wild goose chases (literally!) to learning in intergenerational community to the Great Backyard Bird Count coming up February 14th-17th. A full schedule of events for the weekend can be found here~ https://jbnhs.org/events/list/

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Lightning Ecology and Forests w/Evan Gora

Nature Nuggets ·

2025/01/25

Today we talk about many fascinating strands of forest science from lightning and disturbance ecology to chasing down and studying the world's largest tropical trees with Evan Gora, a forest ecologist and Staff Scientist with the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. Evan grew up on a small farm in central Pennsylvania where he became interested in ecology and started exploring forests. His research investigates how disturbance, particularly lightning

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Rewilding Cougars to the Northeast w/Chris Spatz

Nature Nuggets ·

2025/01/18

In this episode we talk about the history and role of mountain lions in our region and current efforts to rehabilitate this iconic top predator to the Northeast of the U.S., where they have been absent now for almost a century. Christopher Spatz, inspired by Dave Foreman announcing the birth of Earth First! on the Today Show in the early ’80s, procured a copy of Eco Defense and began his peripatetic pursuits as an eco-gadfly. Yanking surveying stakes,

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Amphibians w/Alex Wolf!

Nature Nuggets ·

2025/01/11

This week we talk all things Hudson Valley herps - amphibians and reptiles - with local expert Alex Wolf! Alex Wolf, Conservation Scientist at Scenic Hudson, conducts research and analyses pertaining to Hudson Valley natural resources, with a focus on climate change adaptation, mitigation, and resilience, as well as the ecology and conservation of local flora and fauna. Prior to joining Scenic Hudson in 2017, he was a researcher at several institutions

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Pia Ruisi-Besares w/Scenic Hudson

Nature Nuggets ·

2025/01/04

In this episode we dig into local forest ecology and management across Scenic Hudson's 40+ parks and preserves throughout the Hudson Valley with lifetime local Pia Ruisi-Besares, including little known gems and scientific approaches to increasing climate resiliency and biodiversity values through thoughtful landscape interventions! Pia Ruisi-Besares is a forest ecologist and natural resource management professional by training and has worked in a variety

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Foraging and Feasting w/Dina Falconi

Nature Nuggets ·

2024/12/21

Special Solstice edition of Nature Nuggets featuring celebrated author, wildcrafter, forager, permaculturalist and educator Dina Falconi! Dina Falconi is a clinical herbalist with a strong focus on food activism and nutritional healing. Dina has been teaching classes about the use of herbs for food, medicine, and personal care, including wild food foraging and cooking, for more than thirty years. She offers online courses at www.InTheWild.Kitchen. She

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Hudson River Watershed Alliance w/Emily Vail

Nature Nuggets ·

2024/12/14

For the 85th anniversary celebration of Radio Kingston (!) we have a wonderful, wide ranging conservation with Emily Vail, the director of the Hudson River Watershed Alliance (HRWA). We move between hyper local topics in Kingston, like the historic Tannery Brook buried beneath Uptown, to broader projects and issues related to water quality, urban ecology and watershed health across the Hudson Valley and Catskills region! Emily served for eight years as

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Wild Hudson Valley w/Justin Wexler

Nature Nuggets ·

2024/12/07

Justin Wexler has dedicated his life to learning everything he can about the lives, practices and ethnoecology of the Hudson Valley's original human residents and today he takes us on a journey through the seasons at it may have been experienced by local Lenape or 'Esopus' Indigenous Peoples. Justin and his partner Anna founded and operate Wild Hudson Valley, a beautiful piece of land up against the Catskills where they host nature walks, weekend camp

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Catskill Forest Association w/Ryan Trapani

Nature Nuggets ·

2024/11/30

This week we dive deep into all things related to Catskill forests, with Catskill Forest Association Forest Director Ryan Trapani. Catskill Forest Association helps to steward and manage nearly 90,000 acres of forested private lands across the greater Catskill region, working to improve forest health, increase wildlife habitat, manage invasive species and educate the public about forestry and our diverse Catskill forest ecosystems. Check out CFA and learn

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Urban Ecology with Prof. Elias Deuker

Nature Nuggets ·

2024/11/23

This episode features a wonderful, wide ranging conversation about nature, urban ecology, community science and much more with Kingston local Elias Deuker, Associate Professor of Environmental and Urban Studies; Bard Center for Environmental Sciences and Humanities. Professor Eli Dueker joined Bard in 2014 as the Assistant Professor of Environmental and Urban Studies. With a B.A. from Rhodes College, an MA, MPhil,and PhD, from Columbia University, as well

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Julia Hayes w/Little Moon Tattoo

Nature Nuggets ·

2024/11/09

Today Chris Baker interviews Julia Hayes, founder of Moonrise Tattoo Collective in Brooklyn, NYC, and now Little Moon Tattoo here in Kingston NY. Julia says "My work is influenced by scientific illustration, printmaking, folk art, and the natural environment of my childhood - a rural, coastal area of Northern California. I moved to NYC in 2010, and spent 14 years there, but I still feel most at home amongst the dirt and the sea, and my work is a

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Nature Artist Zoe Keller

Nature Nuggets ·

2024/11/02

This episode Chris Baker speaks with the extraordinary local nature artist Zoe Keller! You have to see her work to truly appreciate it! https://www.zoekeller.com/ Art | Artist Zoe Keller uses graphite and digital media to create large-scale, meticulously rendered visual narratives. Placing a special focus on at-risk species and wildlands, Keller weaves drawings that explore the interconnectedness of fragile, vanishing ecosystems. By highlighting the

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Live from UN COP16 Biodiversity Summit in Colombia!

Nature Nuggets ·

2024/10/26

Live from Colombia! Today's special episode is hosted by Duane Martinez in the Radio Kingston studio with regular host Laurel Sutherlin broadcasting from Cali, Colombia, where he is participating in the UN COP16 Biodiversity Summit as part of his role on staff with Rainforest Action Network. Laurel shares experiences chasing migratory songbirds and encountering many familiar Hudson Valley species in the cloud forests of the Western Andes. He also

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Botanical Illustrator Wendy Hollender

Nature Nuggets ·

2024/10/19

WENDY HOLLENDER is a botanical artist, illustrator, author, and instructor. Hollender’s illustrations have been published in worldwide publications. Wendy is one of the world's leading experts in using colored pencils and watercolor pencils to create detailed botanical drawings and paintings.

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Holding Back the Tide - a queer oyster documentary

Nature Nuggets ·

2024/10/12

This episode features a wonderful conversation with Emily Packer and Josh Margolis, the filmmakers behind Holding Back the Tide, a beautiful, hybrid documentary film viewing the history and ecology of oysters in New York City through a queer, artistic lens. The New York Times film review is titled: A Film That Makes the Stationary Lives of Oysters Into a Wondrous Tale and says “Holding Back the Tide” weaves facts and dreamy moments into an unconventional

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Exploring Deep Time w/ The Catskill Geologists!

Nature Nuggets ·

2024/10/05

Journey with us deep back into the geologic history of the Hudson Valley and Catskills with Robert and Johanna Titus, the prolific, dynamic duo storytellers behind The Catskill Geologist! The Titus's are scientists, Robert a paleontologist. Johanna biologist. They are journalists, authors, and long-time residents of the Hudson Valley and Catskills. They are authors of several books, including The Hudson Valley in the Ice Age, The Catskills in the Ice Age,

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American Chestnut - Tragedy and Inspiration

Nature Nuggets ·

2024/09/28

The American Chestnut was the most ecologically, economically and culturally important tree across forests from Maine to Georgia - by some estimates comprising a full quarter of the tree cover of the Eastern U.S. - and then, in an ecological instant - it was gone, driven into functional extinction by a foreign blight introduced into New York City. This legendary tree - source of massive quantities of nutritious food and huge amounts of strong,

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NYC Climate Week

Nature Nuggets ·

2024/09/21

This week Nature Nuggets goes on the road as host Duane Martinez holds it down in the Kingston studio and interviews Laurel Sutherlin who is in New York City organizing events surrounding NYC Climate Week - an annual whirlwind centered around sessions of the UN General Assembly that brings in tens of thousands of politicians, bankers and business people as well as members of global civil society, local grassroots activists and Indigenous delegations. We

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